Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-04-23

tain View House at the foot of Rangeley Lake
is now busy getting ready for the coming sea
son. He informs the Chronicle that severa
parties have already engaged rooms and vii
arrive as soon as the ice goes ut,where with
out doubt. they can as usual catch many bii
trout from the wharf. Among other improve
ments, Mr.. Kimball is have number of new
and finely equipped teams, and with Georg
Pckens to handle the reins, intends TO Civ
those who wish. quick and easy trip from
Phillips to the foot of the lake.
KENNEBEC.
| Damren Brothers of North Belgrade hav'
closed their winters work on spool timber
having sawed &C, 900, which goes to Colder a
Belgrade Mills.
| While Leon Gleason of Belgrade was haul
ing lumber ON the mill pond one day las
week, his team broke through the ice IN sew
eral feet of water. 1t was bad place but
he got out with no more damage than thor
ough wetting.
Young son of Daniel Knox. got caught in
belt at the Cascade wooden mill at OAKLAND
| Tuesday, and was carried around the shaft
| breaking his nose. This is the second accl
| dent at this mill within short time.
| Waterville's new Post-office will be located
in Milliken's block, in a well lighted room. suf-
fcient in every respect for all present de-
mands and even those of the distant future
unless Waterville exceeds the most sanguine
expectations in her increase in population. A
door is to be put in on the Silver street front
to provide sufficient entrances and exits. The
office will be provided with 800 brass lock
boxes, 200 call boxes and several lock draw
ers room will be fitted up in the rear for
the postmasters private Office. The money
order and registered letter department will be
in the front. All the mail-bags will be taken
in at the rear of the building. With all the
rest OF the improvements the building will be
heated bv steam and lighted by electricity.
These repairs will necessitate an outlay OF
some $500 or $4,000, and when everything Is
all complete Watervile will be able to boast
of as good an office as any town of its size in
the state if not in the country.
KNOX.
The Courier Gazette reports that one firm of
Fl sh dealers in Rockland lost 5000 directly
and $1,000 indirectly through the operations
of the new Interstate law, the first day it
went into practice.
J. B. Loring is at work upon 80 foot
yacht for Mr. Douglass of Bar Harbor, and
lie also making 10 foot cat boat for Conner
Bros. of the same place.
The machinery and stuff for the tramway
which is to be used for taking rock out of
the Dohertv quarry, is beng received. The
big derricks are on the ground, and will be
erected at once. Two of them are 70 feet
high
Some unknown party or parties got into
the store of Spear & May, through the sky
light, Wednesday night, and scraped up about
$50 in change with which they eloped through
the back door No goods were taken. as far
as known. Tha entrance very neatly
affected. The robber captured a portion of
the money received for the sale of tickets for
the Days performance.
The executive committee appointed to draw
up plans for the organization of Rockland's
business men. have issued a call for mass
meeting, Friday evening at. 80 o'clock.
S. J. Crawford of Thomaston, is making
arrangements this spring to open the found
nv situated on Beech Woods street.
The Hurricane Island Packing Co, start
ed up Wednesday with crew Of twenty per
sons, furnishing employment to all the child
rem and women on the Island who wish for
work. The factory will now pack about
1000 pounds day. George E. Tilden of
Castine is superintendent The managers
think this will wind up lobster canning in
in Maine until there is a change made in the
law.
Things are booming at Green's Landing,
particularly in the granite business. OF the
men at work there 300 belonging out of town.
About 400 more men will we added to the
force now employed, stone cutters and
quarrymen being in great demand. The
FIVE & Jones sardne factory, also, will soon
start up. and will employ about 200 hands.
small crew is now at work there making
cans.
PENoBsCoT.
Mr.. eni Mrs. J. p. Remission of Dixmont
seem to be quite unfortunate. Mrs. Remission,
a few days since, while attempting to step up
into chair to arrange some paper on the
wall. fell, striking her side across the chair
and fracturing three ribs. DR.. Benson was
called and reduced the fracture. Although
Mrs. X. suffers considerable pain, no serious
trouble is apprehended from the accident.
And on Thursday, as Mr.. Remission WAS GO
ing from the house to the barn he slipped and
fell striking his head and rendering him UNI
conscious. On examination it was found
that no bones were broken, but he received a
thorough shaking up which will require some
time for him to get over.
The peoples church at Lagrange, il rapid.
ly approaching completion. This edfice was
commenced some five years ago, on union
OASIS, CpNlposcu VI OHiNeIsdilsts. AufculS
and Methodists, and was completed last fall,
with the exception of the pews. Rev. Z. S.
Walker, pastor of the Methodist church, has,
during the past winter, raised the money for
pews, and they have been set up, upholstere ed
and painted, and the house will soon be
opened for worship.
SOMERSET.
Mr.. Sylvester Foss, who is employed at
the saw mill at Bingham met with severe
accident last Saturday, piece of lumber
struck him on the head, cutting cash three
inches in length, and rendering him uncon-
scious for several hours.
The Skowhegan Water Company has
secured the services of a competent hydrau-
lie engineer to make a survey of the village
for the proposed water works. He arrived
Thursday morning and commenced the work
Mr. w G. S. Keene reports everything
favorable to the success of the project in
which Skowhegan citizens are so much in
terested. Surveys will be commenced this
week under the direction of Mr.. Stewart OF
the Canadian Pacific. the gentleman who
made the preliminary survey. Application
will then be made to the Railroad Commits
sioners for the necessary authority and the
work will progress.
AS Miss Maud Moore was cleaning hel
loom in the mill she hung brush which she
had been using on one of the harness jacks
of the loom and in doing so passed her arm
through several others that were in motion
Her arm was caught between the wrist and
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